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I can't open a DWG file in Arch 18 education version

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:16:07 GMT

I want to be able to trace from a plan drawing made in DWG. I don't have any other program to open the dwg file on my mac. All i have managed to see from the dwgfile is the scale ruler in the bottom corner.
help

Re: I can't open a DWG file in Arch 18 education version

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:10:03 GMT

Maybe it was in Paperspace in Autocad which is translated into a Layout in ARCHICAD.

Re: I can't open a DWG file in Arch 18 education version

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 06:40:04 GMT

ok! i didn't make the dwgfile in Autocad and don't have the program yet. but i will have it soon and i hope i will be able to resave it perhaps.

i tried downloading a dwg viewer to open the file but all i could see then was a row of text from the document. when i browse to open the dwg file and see it in preview mode in the browsing window i can see its full of coulours and lines so its obviously full of information which i haven't been able to open.

Re: I can't open a DWG file in Arch 18 education version

rgarand — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:51:26 GMT

The dwg is looking for an XREF file and can not find it. You will have to open the dwg and relink the XREF file, then update the dwg within your drawing manager.

If you do NOT have this particular XREF file, you will need to get it from whoever sent the original dwg. Have them send you an etransmit file, this will ensure that you get everything from the original file, i.e. fonts, XREF files, etc.

Re: I can't open a DWG file in Arch 18 education version

rgarand — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:52:21 GMT

...actually I think it is looking for 2 dwg XREF files.